And misses being.

The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1436-40, and we have been pulping trees ever since to spread knowledge to an increasing portion of the increasing masses, though 26 percent of the world population (coming up on 7 billion) is still illiterate.

Only 22 percent of the world has Internet access.

This is an interesting, and ( Read more... )

Recently, someone made fun of me - or perhaps she was teasing, because eventually she came back around, I think - about my being addicted (she did not use that word, no one ever does; we're all enablers) to making excessive social networking posts, and my answer was that I enjoyed the communication. She disagreed that it was communication ( Read more... )

It was not expressed with capital letters, and she barely made any sound. She let her knees get a little bit tired, and they drew down the rest of her willpower. She didn't know she would, not even after buying the ticket / renting the car / traveling hundreds of miles for no reason but - . Familiar, former, remembered but never fulfilling. ( Read more... )

fuck and wow
wow and fuck
he and he
they don't give up

one is allowed
one is taking license

and if i were poetic tonight
and could reach he
and not just he
it would be quite different

I want it to stop. To go away. It is gnawing.
Participation is the only option, and it is not attractive.

Jon Arbuckle (cat owner) familiarized me with that term. I suppose it was actually Jim Davis. But I like to hear it in my head. Melodic and full of soft alliteration. Mushy in the mouth. Sound. Touch is quite different. Slimy. It's worth it to pick out the seeds ( Read more... )

I ate enough yesterday to last today, but I am not a snake. So, I'm hungry and despondent, because there is nothing within walking distance that costs less than $5 and operates as anything other than an appetizer (something that makes you hungrier ( Read more... )

The other day the two months had gone by ( Read more... )

Tomorrow will be one of the worst days of my little stupid life ( Read more... )